Hosea 9
1 [You people of] Israel, do not shout joyfully [during your festivals] like [people of other] nations do! [I say that] because you have (not been faithful to/abandoned) me, your God. At every place where the people thresh grain you have [presented gifts to your idols like men] pay money to prostitutes.
Ne te livre pas à la joie, Israël, à l'allégresse comme les peuples; car tu t'es prostitué loin de ton Dieu, tu as aimé le salaire de la prostituée, sur toutes les aires à blé.
2 [But soon] there will not be enough grain [MTY, PRS] and wine [MTY, PRS] for you.
Ni l'aire ni la cuve ne les nourriront, et le vin nouveau les reniera.
3 And you people will not remain in the land that I, Yahweh, [gave to your ancestors]. You will be [captured and] taken to [Assyria], [where you will become slaves like your ancestors were] in Egypt; and in Assyria you will be forced to eat food that Yahweh has forbidden you to eat.
Ils n'habiteront pas dans la terre de Yahweh; Ephraïm retournera en Egypte, et ils mangeront en Assyrie des aliments impurs.
4 You Israelis will not [be able to] give wine offerings to him, or bring sacrifices to him. None of your other sacrifices will please him; they will be unacceptable to him, like [SIM] food that is touched by people at funerals, and everyone who eats that food will become unacceptable to him. They will be permitted to eat that food themselves, but they will not [be permitted to] bring it into the temple.
Ils ne feront pas à Yahweh des libations de vin, et leurs sacrifices ne lui seront pas agréables; ce sera pour eux comme un pain de deuil, ceux qui en mangeront se rendront impurs; car leur pain sera pour eux-mêmes, il n'entrera pas dans la maison de Yahweh.
5 At that time you will not [RHQ] be able to celebrate the feasts and sacred festivals.
Que ferez-vous au jour de solennité, au jour de la fête de Yahweh?
6 And even if you escape and are not killed [by the Assyrians], you will be captured by [the army of] Egypt, and you will [die and] be buried in Memphis, [the capital of Egypt]. Briers will [grow up and] cover your treasures of silver, and thorns will grow in your [ruined] tents/houses.
Car voici qu'ils sont partis devant la dévastation, l'Egypte les recueillera. Memphis les ensevelira; leurs objets précieux d'argent, le chardon s'en emparera; l'épine envahira leurs tentes.
7 It is now the time for Yahweh to punish you, to pay you back for all the sins that you have committed. You people will [soon] know that. You have [committed] very many sins, and you very much hate Yahweh. You consider that the prophets are foolish, and you think that those who proclaim messages from him are crazy.
Ils sont venus les jours du châtiment! ils sont venus les jours de la rétribution! Israël va le savoir. Le prophète est fou, l'homme de l'esprit est en délire! A cause de la grandeur de ton iniquité, et de ta grande hostilité.
8 My God appointed [me and the other] prophets to be [like] [MET] watchmen [to warn] you people of Israel, but everywhere that we go, [it is as though] people set traps for us and people are hostile [to us, even] in the temple of our God.
La sentinelle d'Ephraïm est avec mon Dieu; le prophète trouve un filet d'oiseleur sur toutes ses voies, la persécution dans la maison de son Dieu.
9 The sins that the Israeli people have committed are as awful as [what the men of] Gibeah did long ago; [so] God will not forget the wicked things that they have done; he will punish the Israelis for [all] those sins.
Ils sont corrompus jusqu'au fond, comme aux jours de Gabaa; Yahweh se souviendra de leur iniquité, il punira leurs péchés.
10 [Yahweh says], “When I first started [to do things to help] Israel, it seemed to me as though [SIM] I had found grapes in the desert. Your ancestors were [delightful], like [SIM] the first figs that grow on fig trees [each year]. But when they came to Peor [Mountain], they worshiped that disgusting idol Baal, and they became as disgusting as the idol that they loved.
Comme des raisins dans le désert, j'ai trouvé Israël; comme une primeur sur un jeune figuier, j'ai vu vos pères. Mais eux sont arrivés à Béelphégor; ils se sont consacrés à l'idole infâme, et sont devenus abominables comme l'objet de leur amour.
11 The things that cause Israel to be great will disappear like [SIM] a bird that flies away; [most of their women will] not become pregnant [DOU] or give birth to children.
La gloire d'Ephraïm s'envolera comme un oiseau; plus d'enfantement, plus de grossesse, plus de conception.
12 Even if their children are born and start to grow up, I will cause all of them to die [while they are still young]. Terrible things will happen to them when I abandon them!
Lors même qu'ils élèveraient leurs enfants, je les en priverai avant qu'ils soient devenus hommes; car malheur à eux aussi, si je me retire d'eux!
13 I have seen Israel become beautiful and prosperous like Tyre [city] was [before it was destroyed], but now the people of Israel will [be forced to] take their children to be slaughtered [by their enemies].”
Ephraïm, quand je porte mon regard du côté de Tyr, est planté dans une belle prairie; et Ephraïm va mener ses enfants à l'égorgeur!
14 Yahweh, [I do not know] [RHQ] what I should ask for my people. So I ask that you do this one thing: Cause the women who are pregnant to have miscarriages and unable [to nurse their babies].
Donne-leur, Yahweh... que leur donneras-tu?... Donne-leur un sein stérile, et des mamelles desséchées.
15 [Yahweh says], “Because of all the wicked things that my people did at Gilgal, that is where I started to hate them. [And now], because of [all] the sinful things that they have done, I will expel them from my country. I will not love them any longer; all their leaders rebel [against me].
Toute leur malice est a Galgal, car c'est là que je les ai pris en haine. A cause de la méchanceté de leurs actions, je les chasserai de ma maison; je n'aurai plus d'amour pour eux: tous leurs chefs sont des rebelles.
16 Israel is like [MET] a grapevine that is dried up; [like a vine] [MET] whose roots are withered and that produces no fruit. Even if the [women of Israel] give birth to [more] children, I will cause those children, whom they love, to die.
Ephraïm est frappé; sa racine est desséchée, ils ne porteront pas de fruit. Et si même ils enfantent, je ferai périr les fruits chéris de leurs entrailles.
17 The people of Israel have not obeyed me, their God, so I will reject them. [As a result], they will wander among the [other] nations, [searching for a place to live].”
Mon Dieu les rejettera, parce qu'ils ne l'ont pas écouté, et ils seront errants parmi les nations.
